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Dora and I are always on the lookout for adventure and exploration. We have participated in a number of Mountains to Sea Photography workshops hosted by Tommy White and Alistair Nicol. Workshops led by Tommy and Alistair are packed with photographic opportunities, locations, lots of tips, and hands on instruction. When we saw an opportunity to go with them to the Outer Banks we signed up. This year Tommy and Alistair were joined by Athena Carey, a well-known landscape photographer who makes her home in Switzerland. Athena is known for long exposure, B & W, fine art photography. We looked forward to meeting and working with Athena.

The Outer Banks consists of a string of barrier islands mainly off the coast of North Carolina. The northern most portion of the Outer Banks extends into the southeast corner of Virginia. The Outer Banks are rich in history, including the original Roanoke Colony established in 1584, only to vanish in 1587, and the Wright brother's famous flight from Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903. Wild horses can be found around the islands, which according to legend, are descendants of horses either left by the Spanish or washed ashore from a shipwreck. Ocracoke Island was the last refuge of Edward Teach. We know him as the pirate Blackbeard. Edward Teach was killed in a battle on Okracoke in 1718.